Where on earth was he going?
Did Routh have an escape plan?
So now it emerges that Ryan Routh, the man who likely attempted to carry out a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, published in 2023 a book in which he urged Iran to kill Donald Trump.
In the book, Routh in fact apologized to Iran for Donald Trump and America’s leaving the Iran nuclear deal.
Now, we know Routh considered himself something of an international man of mystery. He had traveled to Ukraine, where he seems to have undertaken a harebrained scheme to enlist former Afghan fighters for the fight in Ukraine. (I guess the theory was that Afghans still harbored some resentment against Russia for the Soviet war of the 1980’s? Or that Afghans are angry over Russia’s treatment of the Chechens? Whatever).
Add to all this the fact that Routh had positioned two backpacks on the fence to shield him from Trump and the Secret Service — backpacks reportedly filled with “ceramic tiles,” of the sort that deflects bullets.
He also kept his car nearby so as to escape, and left the most incriminating evidence against him — an AK-47-style rifle — at the scene.
All this, under the facts we now know, appears to suggest this: a man who was not interested in “suicide-by-cop,” and in fact wanted to escape — even had he succeeded in his apparent plan to shoot the former president.
Which begs the question: Where did he think he could go?
(Ryan Routh — international man of mystery and crazy eyes)
But while most of the focus and speculation regarding the case has focused on what went before — we should also be thinking about what Routh was planning for after.
Did he have a plane ticket reserved? A train ticket? A lot of cash on him? Credit cards? His passport? Fake ID? A crypto account?
While I am skeptical he had foreign assistance — although the source of his money remains a mystery — I think there’s a good chance he was looking to leave the country. And a return to Ukraine — or even some crazy attempt to flee to Iran, arriving as a national hero for assassinating Trump — feels to me on the table.
Routh’s plans in Ukraine came to naught — and in fact he raised the concerns of a nurse working there, who reported him to the feds. Upon landing back in America, he was referred to DHS for investigation. How he fell off the radar remains to be seen.
Whatever the case, one thing remains certain: all these answers need to be provided to the American public — fast. We should be getting, at the least, weekly briefings. And they need to be substantive.
Otherwise, the public’s already low confidence in our federal agencies will take yet another hit. And that confidence can’t take too many more.
When It Comes To Trump, Even Iran Gets A Pass
Chris takes us through a pretty stunning account of the double-standard regarding the hacking of the Trump campaign.
Had this happened to Kamala….
Over the summer we learned that Iranian operatives hacked the Trump campaign – perhaps a sign that Iran was opposed to another Trump Presidency. This week the FBI announced that the Biden/Harris campaign was contacted by Iran with an offer to share the information that had been stolen from Trump. That seems to confirm that the Iranian regime would prefer dealing with the likes of Anthony Blinken and Kamala Harris to Donald Trump.
News outlets were quick to point out that there was “no signs the Democrats accessed this stolen material”. There were no signs either way, but that doesn’t mean that it could not have happened. Trump naturally did not get the same benefit of the doubt when the Russia story broke….
Click HERE for the full read.
(The Ayatollah Khamenei — he likes hacking)
Introducing… True Crime Girl!
A new writer joins us today — a mysterious woman of great investigatory skills — who looks into a vastly under-reported story going on down in Austin, Texas.
Could this many bodies in one lake actually be accidental? When New York City — home to 8.5 million souls — reported zero drownings for 2023? (Austin has less than a million).
Within the past two years, the Austin, Texas Police Department has found 13 dead bodies in Lady Bird Lake. Of the 13 individuals found, 11 were confirmed males between the ages of 30 and 60, one was an unidentified female and one of the more recent victims has yet to be identified. Despite these shocking statistics, APD continually downplays any suggestion of a potential serial killer at work, attributing these occurrences to the lake’s proximity to numerous bars, rather than looking towards a missing factor to potentially explain interconnectedness between the cases….
Click HERE for the full read.
The USSS: It’s Not The Agents, It’s The Bureaucrats
The U.S. Secret Service finds itself under tremendous scrutiny just now — and deservedly so. What’s the hell’s the problem?
Our own Matt Pontillo breaks it down, as only a truly experienced law enforcement supervisor can:
With this second apparent attempt on Donald Trump’s life, it’s time to recall the response of U.S. Secret Service leadership to the first event. For if the response to the first attempt had been well-handled – it’s likely the second attempt never happens.
On July 22nd, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held its highly anticipated hearing on the attempted assassination of former president Trump on Monday. The Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, accomplished something I didn’t think was possible – she united the Congress.
Click HERE for the full read.
And finally…
Nothing like blaming the victim, huh?
Will Alvin Bragg arrest Trump for being a co-conspirator — in his own assassination attempt?
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